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| March 08, 2007 | Thursday | Safar 18, 1428 |
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Pakistan, India agree to share information
ISLAMABAD, March 7: Pakistan and India have agreed to exchange specific information in order to facilitate terrorist acts-related investigations on either side and help prevent such acts of violence in the two countries under the Joint Anti-Terrorism Mechanism.... 
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Ecnec approves Rs106bn for 28 projects
ISLAMABAD, March 7: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Wednesday noted that inflation and export growth trailed behind targets but the overall economic growth estimates could still be achieved....
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Proposed US law to create hurdle for Iran gas pipeline
WASHINGTON, March 7: A proposed US law, aimed at punishing oil companies that deal with Iran, will make it even more difficult to construct the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline....
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Wapda told to utilise Rs4.6bn to avoid loadshedding
ISLAMABAD, March 7: The government has directed Wapda’s distribution companies to immediately utilise Rs4.6 billion released by it for completion of transmission projects before the summer season gets under way, to avoid load-shedding in peak demand period....
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India denies allegations of aiding insurgency
NEW DELHI, March 7: India on Wednesday denied allegations by Pakistani officials that New Delhi was involved in a tribal insurgency in the province of Balochistan....
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Tribal elder killed, 16 hurt in blast
QUETTA, March 7: A tribal elder was killed and 16 people were injured when a bomb exploded in the Sui bazaar of the Dera Bugti district on Wednesday....
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PPP, PML-N finalise draft MPC declaration
ISLAMABAD, March 7: The People''s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) have succeeded in finalising a draft of the joint declaration to be issued at the end of...
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Strategic forces command gets new head
ISLAMABAD, March 7: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday appointed Maj-Gen Syed Absar Hussain as the Commander of the Strategic Forces Command following his promotion to the rank of Lt-General....
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US attacks inside other countries criticised by ICJ
ISLAMABAD, March 7: The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has said that the United States is violating international laws and the UN charter and trampling sovereignty of other nations by striking targets inside other countries....
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Rival groups cease fire in Azam Warsak
TANK, March 7: A 15-member jirga comprising elders from the North Waziristan Agency went to Azam Warsak in South Waziristan on Wednesday to resolve a dispute between foreign militants and Darikhel tribesmen....
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Blast damages rail track
QUETTA, March 7: A portion of the railway track near the Spezand railway station was blown up on Wednesday....
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Most plane passengers survive crash
YOGYAKARTA (Indonesia), March 7: An Indonesian airliner with more than 130 people aboard burst into flames and shot off the runway on Wednesday after landing in the Yogyakarta city, killing at least 21 people, officials said....
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UN to help 250,000 DPs return to Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, March 7: The United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees will facilitate voluntary return of about 250,000 Afghan refugees to their country in 2007....
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Taliban commander arrested
KANDAHAR, March 7: Afghan troops captured a senior Taliban commander who tried to escape a manhunt disguised as a woman wearing an all-covering burqa, the Nato force said on Wednesday....
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Long and arduous journey
KARACHI, March 7: The International Women’s Day is a celebration of the spirit of women of today and tomorrow. Its 95-year journey may have been long and arduous but is far from thankless....
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US women still lag behind
WASHINGTON, March 7: Women are still greatly underrepresented in corporate America and at the current rate of change would need decades to reach parity with men in top companies, according to a new survey....
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India claims killing top ‘militant’
OCCUPIED SRINAGAR, March 7: Indian troops shot dead a top Kashmiri freedom fighter on Wednesday in a fierce gun battle near a forest, police said, making him the third leading militant killed by security forces over the last week....
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Gang-rape suspect arrested
KARACHI, March 7: The prime suspect in the gang-rape of a 13-year-old girl, who has been staging a sit-in for three weeks to demand justice, was arrested here on Wednesday....
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